Fantasy Flight is getting in deep with the family. A spin on the classic Mafia card game, Mafia: Vendetta is a deception game in the vein of Bang! and Ultimate Werewolf. However, in Mafia: Vendetta, players are attempting to weed out the mobbed up individuals within the group. Over the rounds, players will pose accusations in an effort to uncover the covert culprits, but players will also be eliminated, slowly parring down the number of players.

Adding cards twenty-one to forty of the Westeros cycle, The Road to Winterfell is a chapter pack of sixty new cards for the A Game of Thrones LCG. These cards are meant to augment existing decks and add variety to the base game and expansions from the series.

Much like Smash Up’s Big Geeky Box, Pixel Tactics Deluxe simultaneously acts as an expansion, a base game, and a container for your cards. In addition to a complete set of never-before seen heroes, Pixel Tactics Deluxe gives you a large storage box to keep your whole collection in one, a bonus minipak expansion, and a big rulebook that introduces new play modes, including Large-Group League Play. Deluxe is also fully playable on its own, but combining multiple Pixel Tactics games together gives you a ton of new ways to play.

Another in the popular The End of the World RPG series, Alien Invasion drops this weekend. Like the other apocalypse scenarios, Alien Invasion has players actually playing themselves in the campaign, with the stats to reflect their own (so you might want to start training now). Outside of the instructions for the rule system, this hardcover volume also includes character creation rules and five different scenarios that homage various alien invasion plots (such as giant insects, alien infiltration, and the class flying saucers).

Everyone knows that the bad guys have all the fun in comic books, so Sentinels of the Multiverse is giving players a chance to experience what it’s like to be villainous. Villains of the Multiverse is a mega expansion for the game, using the villain team gameplay mechanics introduced in Sentinels of the Multiverse: Vengeance to group villains together as a team fighting against a hero team. Ten new villains are included, which can be faced in any configuration, as well as four new environments.

Much like Magic the Gathering, a new Pokemon set is always a moment for celebration if you’re an avid CCG player. Pokemon Breakpoint is the newest set, including 120 cards that expand on the storyline regarding the rift between worlds. In addition to the regular booster pack release, there is also a Elite Training Box for the set that includes eight booster packs, card sleeves, dice, tokens, and a card box with dividers.

Somewhere between Quarriors and a resource management game, King’s Forge is a fantasy-based dice game for two to four players. In the game, players will collect and utilize various different dice to build items or trade for better dice. In order to do this, players will traverse nineteen realms, each with their own dice opportunities, and decide whether to keep their dice or construct one of thirty-two different creations. And if that sounds slightly disorganized, don’t worry, because this edition also comes with a game board to help organize everything.

Cats are big business in the gaming world right now, so IDW has jumped on the bandwagon with Cat Tower. This dexterity game is not only extremely cute, but also an excellent party game. For two to six players, Cat Tower involves the stacking of foldable cat cards, much like a furry Jenga. The order and position of the cats is decided by the roll of a die, but do be careful rolling that die, because each fallen cat goes directly into the guilty player’s deck. The more you have, the less points you gain.

The hardcover Skitarii codex was released this weekend. Containing the standard history section, a showcase of miniature paint schemes and designs, as well as a comprehensive army list, this volume is actually cheaper than previous volumes. That price point makes it an easier faction to pick up if you’re looking to get into 40K.

The fifth booster pack expansion for Star Realms releases this weekend! Star Realms Gambit provides a number of cards that expand the playability of the original deck building game. Included in these cards are two solo challenge cards that allow players to play the game individually as well as cooperative cards that allow for team play.

Following Ready for Takeoff, Draw Their Fire is the second expansion deck for the Star Wars Living Card Game‘s Rogue Squadron cycle. As with the previous Force Pack, Draw Their Fire includes over sixty cards that include new objectives and pilots to be incorporated into the base game.

After the Election Day cycle of expansion packs for Doomtown, the first Pinebox expansion is released this weekend. Faith and Fear is an oversized box set expansion that contains four entirely new outfits to be incorporated into the base game as well as Blessed dudes that can utilize spiritual magics.

Finally released in English, Bohnanza Princes and Pirates and Bohnanza Ladies and Gangsters are two sets of expansions that were previously only printed in Germany. Princes and Pirates are each expansions for the base game, providing a new mechanic where players attempt to cross thorny hedges to rescue a princess and buy and sell ships that can be used to acquire beans, respectively. Ladies and Gangsters provides female and baby beans that earn more points and allow one or two players to compete against the Bean Mafia, respectively.

Finally, Merchants and Marauders Seas of Glory is out this weekend. Including eleven new challenges that expand the playability of the base game, Seas of Glory also contains variant scenarios for the game and a handful of additional mechanics that alter how the game is played.

-The start of an entirely new Iron Man ongoing series, Superior Iron Man spins out of the events taking place in Avengers/X-Men Axis!

-With a new (augmented) outlook on life, Tony has moved to the West coast and installed a problem solving app on everyone’s smart phone for free! Problem is, not everyone is happy about the invasion. . .including Matt Murdock.

You’ve caught the . And the only prescription is more cowbell…no that’s something else.

The only prescription for Horse Fever is actually fixing races, buying off jockeys, and borrowing money from the mob. Or, at least, that’s the case in the new game…Chicken Pox…okay, no, it’s called Horse Fever. Players control gamblers looking to get rich of each race in three different formats of play. These play levels, set-up as easy, medium, and hard, are a board game version, a family game version, and a party game version of base play. So, you can get into the game however you choose, then work up to a higher level of difficulty as you go along.

Expanding upon the base Ghost Stories board game, the new Black Secret version of the game increases the terror of the original game by kicking the number of players up to 2-5. And that extra player gets to control the villain of the game, Wu-Feng. The other players must face off against his ghost armies and spells, but have magical mantras, which increase by with the level of play, to protect them. If you’re into the original game or Last Night on Earth, give the new Ghost Stories: Black Secret at try.

Space will not be the final frontier for Marvel Heroclix, but it will be one of the most awesome. The new Galactic Guardians Heroclix set hit stores today, full of new cosmic figure goodness for yourHeroclix collection. Focusing on characters like Silver Surfer, Nova, Dr. Strange, and Galactus, this new set comes in regular boosters as well as Super Boosters which contain a colossal figure. Collect them all to flesh out your forces with the power cosmic!

If you enjoy your roleplaying dark, demented, and Lovecraftian, you’ll need to pick up the Carcosa RPG hardcover. Made specifically for adults, this system is compatible with old school fantasy adventure games, offering 800 encounters to enact. Come prepared for bone-chilling horror and violence, as this game delivers the gruesome.

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